They claim the movie takes part during the battle of Mariupol, but everything hints at Popasnaya. Firece fighting takes place, no backstory, no attempts to convince us that X guys are good and Y guys are bad, no going in depths for their motivation and this is exactly how the movie shows the often reality of armed conflicts, just people who care (or not) from both sides stuck in there each for their own reasons. No demonization or dehumanization, jsut people getting ripped apart with artillery. It opens as a sensless briefing,here's time, here's the task, do it, the rest is on you. Everyone gets grinded by the gears of war and the movie ends with new arrivals, the cycle continues. An interesting touch is both 'teams' soldiers picking and putting orthodox icons back into the 'red corner', just goes to show the whole how. Uh, yeah...
Review of Luchshiye v adu
